Glas Jugendstil

  • Title Wine glass with animal decor
  • Date Vienna, c. 1911
  • Dimensions Height 18.5 cm
  • Provenance Decoration designed by Ludwig Heinrich Jungnickel Form designed by Josef Hoffmann Manufactured by J. & L. Lobmeyr, Vienna
  • Literature Ilse Spielvogel-Bodo, Ludwig Heinrich Jungnickel. Ein Leben für die Kunst. Mit einem Werkkatalog der Druckgraphik, Klagenfurt 2000, p. 241 and p. 364, GG.56; Waltraud Neuwirth, Glas 1905 - 1925. Vom Jugendstil zum Art Deco, vol. I, Vienna 1987, p. 206ff. - similar glasses; Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, vol. XXXV, Darmstadt 1914/15, p. 162 - glass with monkey - frieze; Wiener-Werkstätte-Archiv, MAK Wien, KI 7823-84 - fotograph

The motif is related to Jungnickel's designs for the wall painting of the children's room in the Palais Stoclet in Brussels. Jungnickel's goblets are particularly rare collector's items.